Zaha Hadid Architects' “starfish”-shaped Beijing Daxing International Airport is inaugurated
Located in a region with the fastest growing demand for international travel, an expansion for the congested Beijing Daxing International Airport was much needed. Zaha Hadid Architects designed the newly inaugurated airport to meet the needs of the city's booming population and to be adaptable for future growth.
ZHA drew from the traditional Chinese architectural concept of organizing interconnected spaces around a central courtyard for the 700,000-square-meter passenger terminal. Passengers are guided seamlessly through the respective departure, arrival, or transfer zones toward the multi-layered grand courtyard at the heart of the terminal.
Six flowing forms support the terminal's vaulted roof and let natural light into the space, ZHA says. Natural light also enters the terminal through a network of linear skylights “that provide an intui...
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